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Competitive parents
New research from the educational foundation Edge has found that UK parents are exaggerating their child’s academic performance to prove themselves to their neighbours and friends.
Results from Edge’s Parents’ Panel reveal how competitive education has become with nearly half of the parents asked (44%) saying that they were under pressure to compare their child’s academic achievements with those of their peers. Only one in ten parents admitted that they would lie about their son or daughters academic performance whereas 72% said that they suspected other parents of stretching the truth.
Regarding further education, parents could be setting their children up for failure as 53% admitted that, above all options, they wanted their children to go to university to study for a degree despite the fact that only 30% actually thought that their children would use this as a route to a career.
Despite all of the vocational and practical courses on offer today, a third of the parents asked saw university as the only way that their child could achieve their full potential. This is something that Edge hope to change and Gerry Hawkes, Edge’s chairman said: “Too many parents still view degrees as the holy grail of qualifications, perhaps because they aren’t aware of the other options open to their children. It’s vital to keep in mind that every young person has different strengths and weaknesses; by comparing a child’s academic achievements with those of their friends, parents risk shutting children off to the many practical and vocational options that they may be more suited to and which they could be more successful at.”
More: www.edge.co.uk
New research from the educational foundation Edge has found that UK parents are exaggerating their child’s academic performance to prove themselves to their neighbours and friends.
Results from Edge’s Parents’ Panel reveal how competitive education has become with nearly half of the parents asked (44%) saying that they were under pressure to compare their child’s academic achievements with those of their peers. Only one in ten parents admitted that they would lie about their son or daughters academic performance whereas 72% said that they suspected other parents of stretching the truth.
Regarding further education, parents could be setting their children up for failure as 53% admitted that, above all options, they wanted their children to go to university to study for a degree despite the fact that only 30% actually thought that their children would use this as a route to a career.
Despite all of the vocational and practical courses on offer today, a third of the parents asked saw university as the only way that their child could achieve their full potential. This is something that Edge hope to change and Gerry Hawkes, Edge’s chairman said: “Too many parents still view degrees as the holy grail of qualifications, perhaps because they aren’t aware of the other options open to their children. It’s vital to keep in mind that every young person has different strengths and weaknesses; by comparing a child’s academic achievements with those of their friends, parents risk shutting children off to the many practical and vocational options that they may be more suited to and which they could be more successful at.”
More:
www.edge.co.uk
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